Asbury Park student assaults principal, cops say

10:04 PM,
Oct. 5, 2012

Written by

Michelle Sahn
| @msahnAPP

A student at Asbury Park High School has been charged with assaulting the principal and two vice principals during a fight in the lunchroom, police said.

Shiela Burwell, 19, was charged with aggravated assault. A charge that would normally be simple assault is elevated to aggravated assault when a defendant is accused of assaulting school officials, police said.

Around 12:50 p.m. Thursday, Burwell got into an argument with another student, then started a fight when she threw food on that student, Chief Mark Kinmon said. ...